Creating a New MicroStrategy Project

The New MicroStrategy Project wizard allows you to create multiple projects in the Eclipse IDE that work with MicroStrategy Web. These projects contain the source code and related files for building your customizations. This is particularly useful when you want the Web Customization Editor to work with different versions of MicroStrategy Web.

The wizard imports the necessary JAR files and creates the required settings and paths to help you get started quickly with your customizations. It also associates the javadocs with the JAR files such that you can refer to the JAVA code and javadocs from the editor while performing advanced customizations.

The Web Customization Editor creates a default MicroStrategy project called Web_Mstr using the Application Root setting specified in the MicroStrategy Preferences dialog. If you specify a new project using the New MicroStrategy Project Wizard, you have to update the value of the Application Root setting specified in the MicroStrategy Preferences dialog as specified in the steps below.

Access the New MicroStrategy Project wizard.
Enter a name for the project In the Project Title text field.
Click ... next to the Project Root Location field and navigate to your MicroStrategy Web installation folder.
Click Finish. The new MicroStrategy project can be viewed in the Project Explorer window. However, to make the Web Customization Editor use this new project, continue performing the steps below.
Launch the Preferences dialog from Window->Preferences, and click MicroStrategy preference on the left.
Enter the location of the MicroStrategy Web installation folder selected in the New MicroStrategy Project wizard above as the value of the Application Root setting.
Click OK.